• Charles Thomas Kowal (November 8, 1940 – November 28, 2011) was an American astronomer known for his observations and discoveries in the Solar System....
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  • 1983 JG, without seeing any cometary coma. However, later images by Charles T. Kowal showed a coma. The Minor Planet Center credits her with the discovery...
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    Leda (moon) (category Discoveries by Charles T. Kowal)
    is a prograde irregular satellite of Jupiter. It was discovered by Charles T. Kowal at the Mount Palomar Observatory on September 14, 1974, after three...
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    times with Charles X, Charles XI, Charles XII, Charles XIII, Charles XIV and Charles XV. Charles I of England (1600–1649) is followed by Charles II of England...
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    orbiting the Sun between Saturn and Uranus. Discovered in 1977 by Charles Kowal, it was the first-identified member of a new class of objects now known...
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    discovered it in 1953. SKHB 1 is named for Wallace L. W. Sargent, Charles T. Kowal, F. D. A. Hartwick and Sidney van den Bergh. They also named it G1...
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    Themisto (moon) (category Discoveries by Charles T. Kowal)
    subsequently lost, and rediscovered in 2000. Themisto was first discovered by Charles T. Kowal and Elizabeth Roemer on 30 September 1975, reported on 3 October 1975...
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    1981 Midas (category Discoveries by Charles T. Kowal)
    diameter. It was discovered on 6 March 1973 by American astronomer Charles Kowal at Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, California. It was named...
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    104P/Kowal, also known as Kowal 2, is a periodic Jupiter-family comet discovered by Charles T. Kowal in 1979. The orbit was confirmed after new sightings...
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  • monogram of the letters O and K (for 'Object Kowal', a provisional name of the object, for discoverer Charles T. Kowal) was proposed by astrologer Al Morrison...
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